Daybreak MontrealSPCA West Island fundraising to stay openMar 3, 2015 | 5:12The SPCA West Island needs to raise more than fifty thousand dollars by the end of the month in order to stay open. Daybreak spoke to Rémi Brazeau, general director of the organization.

Daybreak MontrealSupport for Montrealer Rania El-Alloul pouring in from across CanadaMar 2, 2015 | 9:36An online campaign in support of Rania El-Alloul has doubled its original goal and collected 43-thousand dollars for her and counting.
El-Alloul was refused her day in court after a Quebec Court judge - Eliana Morengo - told her she was not suitably dres

Daybreak MontrealHow will the opening of the MUHC Glen Site affect parking in Westmount?Mar 2, 2015 | 9:49The city or Westmount will vote tonight on a new plan that would slash the number of 2-hour parking spots around Victoria Village in favour of residents-only parking. It's a way to stop people who come to the MUHC from taking up spots but some merchants s

Daybreak MontrealCorey Shapiro stopped by police 5 times in 4 daysFeb 27, 2015 | 6:53The owner of Vintage Frames sunglasses company and Notorious Barbershop, both in Saint-Henri, says that he has been stopped five times in four days by the Montreal police after having been given a brand new gold BMW just over a week ago.

Daybreak Montreal6 young Quebecers expected to have joined Jihadists in SyriaFeb 26, 2015 | 11:18Vincent Larouche, the journalist who wrote about this story in La Presse, explains what he knows about the six teens who left Quebec and former CSIS intelligence officer Dave Charland weighs in on what Canadian security services can do to prevent this.

Daybreak MontrealMontrealers speak out after anti-Semitic actsFeb 26, 2015 | 9:15Corey Fleischer has a reputation for scouring Montreal to clean off hate graffiti at no charge. He was in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce yesterday to remove swastikas from four cars. Beryl Wajsman is the editor-in-chief of the The Suburban, which was hacked yesterday.

Daybreak MontrealSue Montgomery among reporters leaving The GazetteFeb 26, 2015 | 9:35Alongside other Montreal Gazette reporters and columnists like Peggy Curran, Sue Montgomery has taken a buyout from Postmedia. She has been with the paper for almost 18 years.

Daybreak MontrealHospital re-locator on impending move of MUCH hospitals to new Glen siteFeb 25, 2015 | 8:23Pat Moriarty is the president of Health Care Relocations which is the company in charge of the move of MUHC hospitals to the new superhospital site. His company will move the first hospital, the Royal Victoria, on April 25th.

Daybreak MontrealMélanie Joly on her decision to seek federal Liberal nominationFeb 25, 2015 | 8:38The dark-horse municipal candidate who finished second behind Denis Coderre in the 2013 Montreal mayoral race will seek the nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

Daybreak MontrealMélanie JolyFeb 25, 2015 | 8:38The dark-horse municipal candidate who finished second behind Denis Coderre in the 2013 Montreal mayoral race will seek the nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal riding of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

Daybreak MontrealMohamed FahmyFeb 24, 2015 | 7:29Mohamed Fahmy, the Canadian journalist whose retrial has been postponed until the 8th of March, shares his story of being in prison and how he has learned to cope with the uncertainty and confusion surrounding his near future.

Daybreak MontrealPierrefonds-Roxboro senior robbed after letting two people into her homeFeb 24, 2015 | 10:22Sixty-nine-year-old Marilyn Gaffney is warning others to be careful after she was followed home by two people who offered to help her bring her shopping bags inside. The two stole her debit card when she went to get them a glass of water.

Daybreak MontrealNew study on reducing peanut allergies in high-risk childrenFeb 24, 2015 | 4:46Dr. Jaime Del Carpio, an allergist and immunologist at the MUHC, explains how the new study shows that children who are at high risk of being allergic to peanuts are better off being exposed to them earlier rather than later.

Daybreak MontrealRaif Badawi flogging condemned by City of MontrealFeb 23, 2015 | 8:23Beatrice Vaugrante, Executive Director of Amnesty International's francophone branch in Canada, provides an update on Badawi as well as some perspective on how the motion that will be introduced today at city council might affect his future.

Daybreak MontrealUsing chicken feathers to fix potholesFeb 23, 2015 | 5:08David Ballas, a ninth grade student at West Island College, thinks he may have found a way to fix Quebec's never-ending pothole problem: add chicken feathers to the asphalt mix to make the roads more water-resistant.